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James Carville

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James Carville is a prominent American political consultant and commentator, best known for his role as the lead strategist for Bill Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign. A member of the Democratic Party, Carville has been influential in shaping modern campaign strategies and is recognized for his ability to connect with voters. He was born on March 25, 1944, in Louisiana, where he has remained a significant figure in both state and national politics. Carville is also known for his engaging personality and sharp wit, often appearing in media to discuss political issues and strategies.

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Jul 22, 2021

I`d like to begin with you. And you`re now famous advice to members of your party to own that insurrection every day.

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Jul 13, 2021

I hope Senator Manchin and Senator Sinema can see the wisdom in taking a one-time carve-out and get this done.

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Jul 13, 2021

When you’re talking about curbing people’s right to vote, and you’re talking about this on a massive scale, and you’re talking about people losing faith in democracy, this is a huge crisis.

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Jul 13, 2021

The best you can possibly hope for between now and when the Congress takes office in January of 2023 is that we get a carve-out.

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Jul 13, 2021

We don’t have the votes. And there’s not going to -- we’re not going to get rid of the filibuster.

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Jul 13, 2021

We don`t have a lot of room here.

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Jul 13, 2021

What I would like my progression friends and I to do is win as many seats as we can in 2022.

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Jul 13, 2021

He keeps talking about economic things, child tax care credits, how to make people`s lives better, infrastructure, things like that.

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Jul 13, 2021

On Biden, everybody knows the saying go big or go home.

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Jun 24, 2021

This is just plain and simple. If 500 people been charged this is one of the great criminal acts in the history of the United States.

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Jun 24, 2021

I think the President has a plan that`s over the horizon here. At least I hope he does.

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Jun 10, 2021

The public expects you to try, all right? And if it looks like we`re trying harder, and they won`t do anything, then the public more orders, they`re in a kind of a tight spot too, because you`re right, these infrastructure programs, the…

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Jun 10, 2021

I think the world is as relieved as 55 percent of people in United States that were not still going through this ordeal we went through.

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Jun 9, 2021

What the public wants is at least to try something, all right.

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Jun 9, 2021

We came within 42,000 votes of losing the presidency to what I call a world historical buffoon.

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Jun 9, 2021

If you want to convince people, you have to talk to people in the language that they speak.

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Jun 9, 2021

We can't do it under the current alignment that we have in the Congress of the United States, and that's just a fact.

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Jun 9, 2021

A lot of these people that are criticizing live in kook PBI plus 40 districts, there's no chance you're going to lose to a Republican.

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Jun 9, 2021

We can't do it with a 50/50 Senate and a four-vote margin and the House. You just can't do it.

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Jun 9, 2021

The most important thing in my mind is 2022. We can win the Senate. We can pick up three or four Senate seats if you look at the map, and we hold the House, we can do all kinds of things that a lot of Democrats want to get done.

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May 27, 2021

I sleep at night, at least knowing that we have a president, that`s looking out for the country. And hopefully we stay on edge because this we could lose a lot in 2022 too, but by just being kind of (INAUDIBLE) and complacent here.

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May 25, 2021

This is an attack on law enforcement. This is an attack that tried to stop a constitutionally mandated act of Congress.

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May 25, 2021

Democrats have to make the Republicans own that insurrection every day. They have to pound it.

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May 25, 2021

Trump is the worst president in modern American history on the issue of crime.

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May 19, 2021

Democrats have to make the Republicans own that insurrection every day. They have to pound it. They have to call bookers on cable news shows. They have to get people to write op-eds. There will be all kinds of investigations and stories…

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